AFC MA Ranking update (5 May 2017)

Weighting for the FIFA ranking part of the formula dropped from 30% to 10%. The MA ranking at the end of the club season (November 2017) will be used to determine the slot allocations for the 2019 and 2020 seasons.



I know club points are different from those published by AFC this morning, but that's because AFC didn't include the bonus points for advancing to the KO rounds.

FIFA ranking points computed for November 2017, considering scheduled matches as defeats and using 797 as maximum (the amount of points the top AFC team had in November 2016).

See previous update.

West

Jordan jump from 11th to 9th in the West region. Their champion will now host the I-League winners, instead of facing Uzbekistan's 3rd team away.

Rank - Association - Total - NT Points - Club Points

1	United Arab Emirates	93.262	3.262	90.000
2	Qatar	83.440	2.723	80.717
3	Saudi Arabia	74.960	5.859	69.101
4	Iran	62.266	7.553	54.713
5	Uzbekistan	45.206	4.881	40.325
6	Iraq	36.904	3.024	33.880
7	Kuwait	26.392	0.652	25.740
8	Syria	26.334	4.115	22.219
9	Jordan	24.779	2.647	22.132
10	India	24.338	2.008	22.330
11	Bahrain	24.020	1.844	22.176
12	Lebanon	19.212	1.832	17.380
13	Tajikistan	18.597	1.481	17.116
14	Oman	12.335	2.171	10.164
15	Turkmenistan	12.023	2.146	9.877
16	Maldives	10.665	1.029	9.636
17	Palestine	7.828	2.284	5.544
18	Kyrgyzstan	4.100	2.472	1.628
19	Bangladesh	3.117	0.477	2.640
20	Yemen	2.133	2.133	0.000
21	Afghanistan	1.704	1.506	0.198
22	Bhutan	0.888	0.690	0.198
23	Nepal	0.527	0.527	0.000
24	Sri Lanka	0.333	0.201	0.132
25	Pakistan	0.188	0.188	0.000

Using the same conditions as those in the 2017 AFC CL (i.e. Kuwait suspended; Iraq, Syria and Lebanon with no licensed clubs), these would be the allocations:

United Arab Emirates 3+1
Qatar                3+1
Saudi Arabia         3+1
Iran                 2+2
Uzbekistan           1+2
Jordan               0+1
India                0+1
Bahrain              0+1

Matches:

UAE 4 vs. (JOR 1 vs. IND 1)
QAT 4 vs. (UZB 3 vs. BHR 1)
KSA 4 vs. IRN 4
IRN 3 vs. UZB 2

East

Malaysia overtook Hong Kong and are now 6th in the East region (direct ACL GS slot). With Eastern out of contention in ACL and Johor still involved in the ACC KO stage, Malaysia look to be in control.

Malaysia's direct ACL GS slot means their two ACC GS slots will be redistributed. Laos will gain 1 GS slot (going from 0+1 to 1+1), with Singapore and Myanmar both going from 1+1 to 2+0. Based on this season's participations, all ASEAN ACC slots except one will be direct slots, with the final slot being decided in a play-off between Laos 2 and Cambodia's champion. In East Asia, the ACC would turn into a Hong Kong vs. North Korea affair, as Hong Kong would get 2 direct ACC slots (assuming Taiwan, Macau and Guam don't participate), North Korea (1+1) and Mongolia (0+1). So most likely, there will be 2 clubs from Hong Kong and 2 from North Korea in the same group.

Philippines overtake Indonesia and will host the champions of Myanmar, instead of Singapore

 Rank - Association - Total - NT Points - Club Points

1	Korea Republic	86.325	5.872	80.453
2	China PR	75.648	4.831	70.817
3	Japan	72.017	6.876	65.141
4	Australia	63.160	5.433	57.727
5	Thailand	44.538	2.233	42.305
6	Malaysia	30.725	1.092	29.633
7	Hong Kong	30.002	1.292	28.710
8	Vietnam	27.842	2.146	25.696
9	Philippines	18.488	2.296	16.192
10	Indonesia	17.867	1.807	16.060
11	Singapore	15.938	1.066	14.872
12	Myanmar	14.642	1.267	13.375
13	Korea DPR	3.969	1.769	2.200
14	Laos	3.616	0.778	2.838
15	Cambodia	3.088	0.866	2.222
16	Chinese Taipei	1.054	1.054	0.000
17	Brunei Darussalam	0.565	0.565	0.000
18	Macau	0.552	0.552	0.000
19	Guam	0.540	0.540	0.000
20	Timor-Leste	0.402	0.402	0.000
21	Mongolia	0.213	0.213	0.000

Allocations:

Korea Republic 3+1
China PR       3+1
Japan          2+2
Australia      2+1
Thailand       1+2
Malaysia       1+1
Hong Kong      0+1
Vietnam        0+1
Philippines    0+1
Indonesia      0+1
Singapore      0+1
Myanmar        0+1

Matches:

KOR 4 vs. (MAS 2 vs. HKG 1)
CHN 4 vs. (THA 3 vs. VIE 1)
JPN 3 vs. [THA 2 vs. (PHI 1 vs. MYA 1)]
JPN 4 vs. [AUS 3 vs. (IDN 1 vs. SIN 1)]

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